Robin's Plantain (Erigeron pulchellus)

Field Marks: This fleabane differs from others by its
fewer rays (about 50-60) per head which are longer than the rays
of other species.

Habitat: Along streams.

Habit: Perennial herb with creeping stolons.

Stems: Erect, sometimes branched, hairy, up to 1 1/2
feet tall.

Leaves: Alternate and basal, simple, hairy, the basal
leaves oblanceolate to obovate, rounded to short-pointed at the
tip, tapering to the base, toothed, up to 6 inches long, up to 2
1/2 inches broad, the leaves on the stem lanceolate, pointed at
the tip, rounded or tapering to the base, toothed, smaller than
the basal leaves.

Flowers: Many crowded into a head with 1 to a few
heads per plant, each head up to 2 1/2 inches across and
subtended by narrow, hairy, green bracts; the outer flowers about
50-60, white and ray-like; the inner yellow, tubular, forming a
disk.